![]() ![]() Prepare yourself to join them.”Ī… black…. Since then, many Jedi have died upon its blade. This lightsaber was stolen from the Jedi Temple by my ancestors during the fall of the Old Republic. Now, that woman tarnishes the very name Mandalorian. But by the end of the roughly 20-minute episode, we had been introduced to the Death Watch, a terrorist group trying to overthrow Satine and restore the old warrior ways, led by a rebel terrorist-governor voiced by Jon Favreau.Īnd with a few lines, Favreau’s character, Pre Vizsla, made the hearts of many a Star Wars fan race: “ For generations, my ancestors fought proudly as warriors against the Jedi. Thousands of years later, the canon Mandalore would be led by pacifists when we were introduced to Satine’s Mandalore on Clone Wars. Satine and the current pacifist government also clearly look down on the “warrior ways of the past.”įor anyone who played the amazing Knights of the Old Republic series, we had been treated to an extended universe dose of the old Mandalorians: a proud warrior race that thirsted for battle and glory but fought with honor and against the Jedi of the Old Republic (you can almost hear Canderous Ordo recalling his tales of riding into battle on a Basilisk war droid).Įven at the time of the Old Republic when we meet them, the Mandalorians’ numbers have been whittled down by years of war. Jango Fett was part of an apparently defunct band of extremists or just a bounty hunter, a top advisor of the Duchess informed Obi-Wan, though this advisor is clearly trying to play down any ties to warrior Mandalorians. The Mandalore we were seeing, led by Duchess Satine Kryze, was now pacifist after a recent civil war had wiped out most Mandalorians. Would we be seeing a bunch of warriors in Fett-like armor, the armor we’d seen on Boba in The Empire Strikes Back since we were kids?Īt first, it seemed no. In its war against the Separatists, the Republic, which the Jedi served, needed to make sure that Mandalore would not fall to some Separatist plot. At the time, Mandalore ran a council of some 1,500 neutral systems and was neutral itself. When it came to canon (the official top-tier Star Wars storyline), all we had was Boba in the original trilogy and Jango and a little Boba in the prequel trilogy.īut in early 2010, we saw Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Clone Wars - a Jedi Master on the Jedi Council at the time of the conflict - travel to the planet Mandalore to investigate rumors of Separatist activity. ![]() Jango’s son Boba-an unaltered clone-grows up to be the one of the most feared and reliable bounty hunters in the galaxy, and it was Boba who brought Han Solo encased in carbonite to Jabba the Hutt at the end of Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Jango tangled with the Jedi in Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones and ended up decapitated by Jedi Master Mace Windu in the first true battle of the Clone Wars on Geonosis. Jango Fett was a bounty hunter hired by Count Dooku to both be the template of the Clone Army and to handle certain side missions. To be sure, the word Mandalorian and its derivatives are not spoken on-screen in the six films of the original or sequel trilogy, but if you nerded out enough you eventually found out Boba Fett from the original trilogy and Jango Fett, his father, wore Mandalorian armor. I highly recommend watching Clone Wars in its entirety, but if you don’t mind spoilers or just want a refresher, welcome!įor Star Wars fans who were alive for at least some of the original Star Wars trilogy’s release, following The Clone Wars in early 2010 would have been a childhood dream come true with a trilogy of episodes that dealt with Mandalorians. Warning: Spoilers for the animated Star Wars series Clone Wars and Rebels and some of the Star Wars movies. By Brian E Frydenborg 3 years ago How Mandalorians fit into the Star Wars universe and what you should know about them before watching The Mandalorian. ![]()
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